As a way to enrich students’ understanding of life in Iran, Persepolis offers so much. Middle Eastern culture is explored in subtle ways, and there are surprises.When studying this book with students, this universal topic of parenting would allow students to draw connections with their own families. Some of these situations put Marji in danger. Throughout the book, Marji’s parents have to make decisions about how much freedom to give her, and how much to allow her to participate in the activism they are involved in. The book would make an interesting conversation-starter about parenting.This is especially notable because these characters live in the Middle East, which does not have a reputation in the West for giving women equal rights. This book has several strong female characters, so if you’re on the hunt for books where girls and women are represented as people with agency and guts, this would definitely fit the bill.If you have taught this book with good supporting materials, I would be grateful to have you share links to them! This video actually does a good job, but it’s FAST, and all the information is delivered verbally-if he had added some words on the screen to help the viewer digest all the information, it would have been better. I have looked for resources that break things down in an easy-to-understand way, but haven’t found any yet. I would imagine that a student audience would struggle even more so. Even though the author explained things in a prelude and through the main character’s voice, I still had trouble understanding them fully. This book centers on a specific period in modern Iranian history, and my own limited understanding of the Iranian Revolution caused me to feel like a lot of stuff was going over my head. Readers would benefit from having background knowledge.
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